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Okay, no worries. I don't really need my penis
I rise to speak about the growing threat posed by the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak. This virus has devastated…
There is a generation of Australians who built this country. They worked, they paid their taxes, they raised t…
Ban the damn ads. We're sick and tired of seeing these ads on TV, online and on social media. Get rid of them.…
Get rid of Labor's widows tax.
Let's tax housing a whole lot more; let's set a minimum 30 per cent tax and a maximum 47 per cent.
What is happening with that?
I will just put out straight away that the opposition is not going to oppose the Treasury Laws Amendment (Stre…
I move: That the amendments be agreed to. I want to thank members in this House and the other place for thei…
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details…
I join with the Prime Minister in acknowledging and commending Tony Wright. More than 50 years in journalism i…
I'd like to speak for a moment about a true treasure of the press gallery, Tony Wright, who's with us in the g…
I have every confidence in the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Indeed, I consider it to be one of the great pr…
Thank you to the member for McEwen for that really important question. Last night, as he knows, the Senate pas…
I thank the member for Robertson for his question and for his outstanding work looking after the people of the…
Right around the world, the organisations that invest in the news are losing revenue to the tech platforms tha…
(): I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the following bills stand referred to the Federation Chamber fo…
Labor has lost control of the cheque book, and Australian households are paying the price. https://t.co/cgFGCN…
Answers Overdue: Senate Inquiry into Contaminated Blood Scandal. https://t.co/KijOCLn8Pk
Labor keeps telling Australians it's got a plan to fix housing, but the numbers tell a very different story. L…
From my first speech in this place, and many times since, I've stood in this chamber to raise the issue of wom…
I want to talk about child care, and the future of safety in child care. Child care is central to the lives of…
It's interesting to rise to talk on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 and to hear…
The coalition has agreed to support the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 only becaus…
I'm very pleased to rise to speak on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, National…
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill…
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time.…
I thank senators who have contributed to the debate this morning. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No.…
We are truly a hot ticket today with the amount of people that have come to observe debate in this place. As I…
Every government says that it supports small business, but the real test is whether the policies of that gover…
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bill and move: That this bill be now read a second t…
I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bi…
I'm with you no matter what. I'll support you through thick and thin.
Like many people here, I have work-experience students come into the office fairly regularly. I think it's imp…
That's correct, thank you. The incorporated speech read as follows— As the proud patron of One Big Voice, I w…
Firstly, well said, member for Groom. What a great tribute to both your father and the people who gave him gre…
The level of virus in the upper throat of vaccinated people with a serious infection was the same as the level…
I table a further addendum to the explanatory memorandum and supplementary explanatory memoranda relating to t…
A human right that cannot be sustained is a right that is effectively denied.
As I indicated in my answer earlier, that rule-making provision allows the minister to essentially establish a…
For months now, businesses along the Great Western Highway have been bleeding. They were told, despite begging…
Why are we here today? We're here today, again, to fix a mistake from this hapless Albanese Labor government.…
I acknowledge the amendments moved by the member for Mayo and the constructive engagement she has had with my…
by leave—I move amendments (1) and (2), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end…
I thank my parliamentary colleagues for their contributions to the debate on this bill, the Counter-Terrorism…
No, that's okay. We've got another law over here.
The Foreign Arrangements Scheme is not the only protection against foreign interference or inappropriate forei…
Generally, this Act applies to variations
I thank members for their contributions to this debate. Australia's prosperity and security in international s…
I, too, rise to speak on the Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2…
I thank all members for their contributions to the debate on the Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026. The bil…
Ask people what they want to change about Australia and just let them talk to you and take it all in.
I rise today to formally present Lion Property Group parliamentary e-petition No. EN10182, which has been cons…
Last month, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia released a report that reads like a summary…
Earlier this year, during Lunar New Year festivities in Sydney's Chinatown, I was delighted to join the commun…
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of welcoming the shadow minister for health and aged care, Senator Rust…
For the information of honourable members, I present an addendum to the explanatory memorandum to this bill.…
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
by leave—I move: That the bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
I thank the member for Mackellar for the very constructive discussions we've had. It is a very well-intentione…
For the information of honourable members, I present a replacement explanatory memorandum to the Combatting Il…
This week, Australia marked 60 years since the Battle of Long Tan. On 18 August 1966, 105 young Australians an…
To all those who continue to serve this nation in uniform, our veterans and their families: I note that the fr…
I think everybody in this parliament accepts the very real obligation that sits upon all of us as members and…
I move: That the debate be adjourned. The SPEAKER 53517 The question is that the debate be…
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Herber…
Can I thank the member for Dunkley not just for her question but for the tireless way that she comes here ever…
Labor has made the five per cent deposit program available to anyone the day they arrive.
My question is to the Minister for Housing. It's reported that approximately 51,000 non-citizens, one-fifth of…
I thank the member for Dickson for this question. Not only is this woman a remarkable Australian but she is on…
I thank the member for Werriwa for her question, and I acknowledge that she has been a champion of the super s…
I thank the member for Macquarie for her question but also for her incredible advocacy for her electorate, par…
He walked into the room, refused to shake our hand, sat down with his arms crossed and rolled his eyes.
Treasurer says that he'll offset all that, but he won't tell us what that means for Medicare, wages or super
I thank the member for his question. The circumstances of Mr Armfield that he has gone through—he gave evidenc…
I thank the member for his question, and I recognise his real dedication to these issues, of course from his o…
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel. This morning, Renee W…
I thank the member for his question, and I thank him for referencing that legislation. That was legislation th…
I really appreciate this question from the member opposite. I think I've said to the parliament before that we…
My question is to the Minister for Housing. On Monday, the minister said she was 'damn proud' of Labor's broke…
These are important words in the Australian Defence Veterans' Covenant, which was passed in 2019: For what th…
We have a housing crisis in Australia. I know this because I see it in my own community in the Peel region in…
Labor has delivered a trifecta of failure when it comes to housing—fewer homes, higher rents and confidence in…
Whenever I go doorknocking around Toowoomba, I ask people the same thing. I ask them what they would change ab…
The Australian dream is a home among the gum trees, a place where you can put your feet up at the end of the d…
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill. I move the government amendment as circulated:…
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
The government doesn't support the amendments proposed by the member for Fowler for similar reasons, which I w…
The government does not support the proposed amendments moved by the member for Curtin to the News Media Barga…
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
The government does not support the proposed amendments to the News Journalism Payments Bill 2026, moved by th…
In rising to speak on the Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2026, I can inform the House that the coali…
We're not helping them. If they make their own way out, we will deal with them once they arrive.
I move: That the order of the day No. 7, government business, be called on immediately. Question agreed to.
I rise to speak on the Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026, u…